Excel for Project Management

Name: Excel for Project Management Course
Price: 36 USD

with Ivan Vaptsarov

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Master Excel for project management: Work with important documents such as trackers, logs, risk logs, project schedules, Gantt charts, and budgets

1 hour of content 392 students

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1 hour of content
10 Downloadable resources
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Future course updates
Course exam
Certificate of achievement

Excel for Project Management

A course by Ivan Vaptsarov

Start for Free

What you get:

1 hour of content
10 Downloadable resources
World-class instructor
Closed captions
Q&A support
Future course updates
Course exam
Certificate of achievement

Start for Free

What you get:

1 hour of content
10 Downloadable resources
World-class instructor
Closed captions
Q&A support
Future course updates
Course exam
Certificate of achievement

What You Learn

Improve your project management skills to lead and deliver complex projects.
Create essential project management documents using Excel.
Apply project management theory to real-world scenarios.
Understand budgeting, project delivery, and cost management.
Use ready-made project templates for your current and future job roles.

Top Choice of Leading Companies Worldwide

Industry leaders and professionals globally rely on this top-rated course to enhance their skills.

Course Description

The course teaches you how to create and maintain some of the key project artifacts. The most convenient way to keep a good grip on important events is with the help of tables. So, it is only logical to use the most popular program for organizing and manipulating data for that purpose – Microsoft Excel. In this course, we cover the key aspects of using Excel for project management. You will learn how to create the five most important project management documents — work trackers, logs (from project diary to RAIDD), risk logs, project schedules and Gantt charts, and budgets.

Curriculum

1. Tracker

4 Lessons 24 Min

A project manager must have a good idea of the progress of every activity and whether it is on track with the initial planning. This is where the tracker document comes in. In this section, we explain what that is and how to use it.

Intro
4 min
Tracker - high-level overview
8 min
Tracker - standard tasks
7 min
Tracker - steps status
5 min
2. Actions log

6 Lessons 24 Min

Another useful Excel tool for project management is the log document. This is where important events are recorded (logged). Once logged, people can obtain information about them– their purpose, who is involved, any next steps, the due date, etc.

Actions log
5 min
Actions, Issues, Dependencies Log
4 min
RAIDD log
4 min
RAIDD log structures
5 min
Risks log
3 min
Logs outro
3 min
3. Project schedule

3 Lessons 12 Min

Next, we will examine how to create and use project schedules and Gantt charts in Excel. Both are essential for project managers.

Project schedule
5 min
Gantt chart (months)
3 min
Gantt chart (weeks)
4 min
4. Budget

4 Lessons 17 Min

The final group of Microsoft Excel documents we will create together is related to budget and cost management. Here, the ultimate goal of the project manager is to have a realistic budget and a process to track the actual spending against this budget.

Budget simple table
3 min
Budget time and materials 1
4 min
Budget time and materials 2
4 min
Formatting tips & tricks
6 min
5. Conclusions

1 Lesson 2 Min

The Excel templates created in this course are essential to all projects. They are the bridge between project management theory and the real-life activities the manager performs. The course on Excel for project management ends with an outline of the limitations of the program and some alternative solutions.

Conclusions
2 min

Topics

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Course Requirements

You need to complete the Project Management course before taking this training
You need basic Excel skills to take the course

Who Should Take This Course?

Level of difficulty: Beginner

Individuals who want to improve their project management skills

Exams and Certification

A 365 Financial Analyst Course Certificate is an excellent addition to your LinkedIn profile—demonstrating your expertise and willingness to go the extra mile to accomplish your goals.

Meet Your Instructor

Ivan Vaptsarov

Project Manager at

3 Courses

610 Reviews

4207 Students

Ivan Vaptsarov is a project management leader with over 15 years of experience driving corporate transformations, M&A integrations, and operational excellence across industries such as manufacturing, logistics, insurance, energy, and pharma. Recognized as Project Management Professional of the Year by PMI in 2023, he combines proven methodologies with practical expertise to deliver results. As Founder & Consulting Lead at PM Peer, Ivan advises global clients on project management, operations, and AI adoption. He is also the creator of the bestselling course Beginner to PROject Manager, taken by more than 200,000 students worldwide.